Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Let the king
General references
Bible References
Let the king
1 Kings 1:31
Bathsheba bowed low and said: May my lord the king live a very long time!
Daniel 2:4
The Chaldeans spoke in the Syrian language: O king, may you live for a very long time. Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.
Daniel 3:9
They said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, may you live for a very long time.
Daniel 5:10
The queen came into the banquet hall. She said: O king, may you live for a very long time: do not let your thoughts trouble you or change your countenance.
Daniel 6:6
Then these commissioners and governors assembled before the king, and said: King Darius, may you live for a very long time.
The city
Nehemiah 1:3
They said to me: The small band of Jews now living there in the land is in deep trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
Psalm 102:14
Your servants find pleasure in her stones and feel pity for her dust.
Psalm 137:6
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have gone down into the earth. He destroyed her locks and bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where there is no law. Her prophets have had no vision from Jehovah.
The place
2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king. He ruled eight years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.
2 Chronicles 28:27
Ahaz slept in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the city of Jerusalem because they did not put him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
2 Chronicles 32:33
Hezekiah slept in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the upper tombs of David's descendants. When Hezekiah died, all of Judah and the people in Jerusalem honored him. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.
General references
Genesis 47:30
I want to be buried where my fathers are. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried. Joseph answered: I will do as you say.
Psalm 102:14
Your servants find pleasure in her stones and feel pity for her dust.